Justin didn't think that this day could get any worse; and then Pipp (Lindsay) walked in with her entourage and proved him wrong. But at least there was eye candy to ogle. Alternate Universe - Coffee Shop.

Brian and Justin meet in a different way. Justin is the older one this time. The brunet wants to form a family and once he has it he will protect it no matter what just like Justin would. This starts with Brian wanting to be the stud of Liberty Ave. The gang is just forming. Hope you guys like it. Thanks to my betas.

As 18-year-old Gus leaves Pittsburgh to go out of state for college, he leaves behind some unresolved issues concerning his dad's failed relationship. After a chance encounter at a café in Brooklyn, Gus decides to take action and help the people he cares about.

After a motorbike accident, Brian Kinney, a 30-year-old successful ad executive and a motorcycle rider, suffers a near fatal head injury.

Once a rising star of the advertising circuit and a prominent figure in Pittsburgh's gay night, Brian is discharged from the hospital and admitted into a rehabilitation facility. While in rehab Brian meets staff member Justin Taylor, a young therapist who's a neuro-injury survivor himself unbeknownst to Brian. With Justin's guidance, Brian embarks on journey of self discovery that will reveal more than he ever expected to learn.

One revolutionary Christmas Justin's entire world falls apart; and even though he doesn’t realize it, he stops living. As the next Christmas approaches and introduces an equally damaged man; together, will they learn that living is better than just existing?

Several months after Justin leaves with Ethan, he happens to run into Brian in Chicago and they inevitably fall into bed together. After that, neither can resist and these trysts start to become a regular thing. Everything is going great - they don't have the gang giving them unwanted advice and nobody but them knows what's going on. Until, eventually, Brian gets tired of being the 'other man' and wants more . . . Based on T**'s plot bunny.

This was written for the "37 Days of Gusmas" challenge. This was a fund-raising challenge to raise money for the Ali Forley Center which provides shelter for homeless GLBT kids.

In the Gusmas challenges there are 37 prompts - some words or phrases, some images - covering the days from Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve. The challenge is to write one or more drabbles based on the prompts.

I've cobbled together a story based on drabbles for each of the 37 prompts.

An alternate S5. It starts in the same place, and ends more or less in the same place, it even covers a lot of the same plot points, but quite a few things get tweaked along the way into something that seemed to me more true to the characters as I understand them (especially, of course, Brian and Justin).

A small series of segments, concerning a "What if" situation. This is an example of an Alternate Universe story, where events varied with startling consequences and characters followed a different path from the original plot

Justin Taylor a name and person that has haunted me for years now. Every time I least expect it there he is screwing with my life. Now it's my turn to screw with him. And I'm gonna have fun doing it. (Set in Season 5)

After Chris Hobbs attacked him, Justin locked himself away in Brian's loft. He's so afraid that someone will finish what Hobbs began that he's unwilling to let anyone in to see him and constantly paranoid that death is waiting for him around every corner. While Brian is desperate to make him better, he encourages Justin to pick up a hobby. Little do they know is that Justin's new hobby could mean life or death for both of them. (Based on the movie 'Rear Window' by Alfred Hitchcock).

Brian Kinney is a cowboy with a gun for hire. He is contracted to kidnap Justin Taylor, the son of one of the wealthiest men in South Fork, Colorado. Will he be able to resist the attraction he feels for his young captive to carry out the job he is being paid to do?